If you must come here, use it as a stepping stone. Get what you want to get paid up-front and negotiate. - Manufacturing Engineer Applied Materials Employee Review

They will get rid of you the second that you are not of use to them. I have witnessed others get ill and then let go because of their sickness. Technology is outdated and constantly behind the curve Budgets are minimal and any ideas are always scrutinized based on cost, even if they have an ROI There are not enough promotions and incentives for upward movement. Annual merit increases are below the national average. Culture is cutthroat instead of collaborative. Instead of helping one another, people and management are more concerned with who is leading each project. There is a large age gap due to the ongoing layoffs over the years. If you enjoy being forever treated as inexperienced because you are a newcomer, then this is the place for you. Communication is terrible within teams and the company. Expect, knee-jerk reactions to hot issues and hot fixes to take precedence over long-term and sustainable solutions. They hired several new college grads in the past few years, but they just use them as cheaper labor and don't give them a way to move up the chain. They take advantage of their youth and energy until they are just as burned out as everyone else. People are walking out the door to the competitors, but nobody is coming here from the competition. That should tell you that you are losing the war and something needs to be done.